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REVIEWS
GREAT PLANES ESCAPADE 61
Jon Harper joins the RCMW review team and installs his Laser 100 four-stroke in a stylish low wing sports aerobat
TOP RC HOBBY GEE BEE R3
Dave Wilshere puts a lesser known, but slimline Granville Bros. foam racer through its paces
REVELL CONTROL HEXATRON
Powered by six electric motors, a much bigger than normal multicopter is test flown by John Stennard
ART-TECH STOL 500
This fast assembly high wing model promises great short field performance, being fitted with both slats and flats – and it drops a parachutist too! John Stennard has fun testing it out
REGULARS
PRE FLIGHT
Introducing this issue
TAKE OFF
Latest R/C model flying news
SHOP WINDOW
A look at the latest R/C products
LIGHT FLIGHT
John Stennard dedicates his small models column to test out a trio of the latest micro models from Revell Control – the Sharx Mini helicopter, the Space Motion quadcopter and the Cloud Attack EDF jet
ON THE SLOPE
Ian Mason looks back at notable slope soaring events of 2014 and shows how to install wing servos in moulded gliders
SOARERS’ SLOT
Mike Proctor updates us on budget thermal soaring with a Reichard Mandarin and looks at a thoroughly modern but built up 2-metre glider
DIARY DATES
Bookmark your diary with some early season model flying events
THE SPORT CHANNEL
Gray offers another selection of sport model topics
FEATURES
F3P SET UP
Donatas Pauzuolis gives some top tips on setting up indoor aerobatic aeroplanes and shows how to make an adjustable motor mount for lightweight R/C aeroplanes
TRAPLET SCALE AT OSBOURNBY
Phillip Kent reports from the Autumn Traplet Unlimited scale meeting hosted by Osbournby MFC at their bowling green standard flying field
KIM-3 STAKHANOVETS
With his latest scale vintage glider plan, Vic Steel captures a distinctive design with swept forward wings and drooped wingtips
WET WINGS AT CARR MILL
Lindsay Todd visits Carr Mill Reservoir, home of the Lancashire Power Boat Club, to enjoy the inaugural floatplane meeting of the recently formed Wet Wings MFC
ZLINNET
Put your spare 3S motor set to good use and build from our free pullout plan for Alan Wooster’s 900 mm wingspan fun fly aerobat inspired by the Zlin 526
NEAT 2014
US correspondents, Bill and Micki Bowne made camp at Peaceful Valley in central New York State to participate in the North-eastern Electric Aircraft Technology Fair
AN ITCH TO SCRATCH
Bill Bowne starts a short series on scratch building and designing your own models. He starts with adapting an existing airframe by modifying an Almost Ready To Fly kit
FULL SIZE AT OLD RHINEBECK
Following their report on models flown at the Rhinebeck Jamboree in the December issue, Bill and Micki Bowne take a look at some aircraft in the museum and flown at the airfield’s weekly airshow
RESTORATION MEN
Chris Bowler reports on the trials and tribulations of large scale modeller, David Huck as he turns his attention to full size and takes on the long term restoration of a crash